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Last month I ran a thread titled "Lasting Benefits", that was received with mixed reactions. (what else is new) Several wrote that eating more fruits and vegetables was mainstay in their diet, while others commented it was too expensive to eat whole foods and thus they just couldn't bring themselves to eat healthier.
Another simply said that our lives have been lengthened, compared to generations past, despite the modern medicines that we complain about. I generally do not find any
merit in challenging others positions, or their lifestyles. In fact I find it really interesting how people live day to day, what they eat and their outlook on life.
As a youth I traveled through South America, after hitching rides with my thumb across the country twice. I lived in Alaska for a while, noticing the foods people ate everywhere I went. So my intentions are never to judge what people eat, but mostly out of curiosity and in helping my decision making.
In addition to doing allot of thinking about what I eat, and the consequences of what I eat, my attention was drawn to my parents health, who recently celebrated their 86th birthdays...one day apart. What concerned me was the amount of pills they were taking on a daily basis. Last year I was in attendance for their birthdays, in Minnesota and was witness to the madness that mixing pills can do for people who are more fragile than the most of us. I was awoken abruptly to the loud voice of my Father, screaming down the basement staircase that he needed a little help!
Running upstairs he lead me to the bathroom where my Mother lay on the floor motionless with her undies at her ankles. I didn't panic and laid a hand on her shoulder to roll her and check for vitals. I was pleasantly surprised to hear her say "What are you doing ?" Long story short, she was carted off by paramedics and recovered from the dizzy spell and low blood pressure. The drug roulette wheel had started spinning in my head. How could I help effect some change in their health direction without knowing squat about what pills they were taking for what reason?
Fortunately my Brother and family members, that live there, have the same concerns that I do and are working on solutions. The point here is that the decisions that I make today will have me either doing the same as them, or do I have better choices to avoid that scenario down the road .
I was going to just add this link, (at the bottom), to my other post ,but figured people tend not to go back to posts they have already read, and the thread wanders off into oblivion like the blowing leaves in fall.
My final words are to those folks that posted comments on "Lasting Benefits".
View this well done documentary and get back to me with a comment or two about
what you thought about this man Gerson, who during Germany's rise and fall claimed to have discovered the cure for cancer. To this day his relatives have carried on his diet cures, suppressed by the FDA in this country, and operating just south of San Diego in Mexico.
Hope you find it interesting !
http://www.hulu.com/watch/180363/the-gerson-miracle
Another simply said that our lives have been lengthened, compared to generations past, despite the modern medicines that we complain about. I generally do not find any
merit in challenging others positions, or their lifestyles. In fact I find it really interesting how people live day to day, what they eat and their outlook on life.
As a youth I traveled through South America, after hitching rides with my thumb across the country twice. I lived in Alaska for a while, noticing the foods people ate everywhere I went. So my intentions are never to judge what people eat, but mostly out of curiosity and in helping my decision making.
In addition to doing allot of thinking about what I eat, and the consequences of what I eat, my attention was drawn to my parents health, who recently celebrated their 86th birthdays...one day apart. What concerned me was the amount of pills they were taking on a daily basis. Last year I was in attendance for their birthdays, in Minnesota and was witness to the madness that mixing pills can do for people who are more fragile than the most of us. I was awoken abruptly to the loud voice of my Father, screaming down the basement staircase that he needed a little help!
Running upstairs he lead me to the bathroom where my Mother lay on the floor motionless with her undies at her ankles. I didn't panic and laid a hand on her shoulder to roll her and check for vitals. I was pleasantly surprised to hear her say "What are you doing ?" Long story short, she was carted off by paramedics and recovered from the dizzy spell and low blood pressure. The drug roulette wheel had started spinning in my head. How could I help effect some change in their health direction without knowing squat about what pills they were taking for what reason?
Fortunately my Brother and family members, that live there, have the same concerns that I do and are working on solutions. The point here is that the decisions that I make today will have me either doing the same as them, or do I have better choices to avoid that scenario down the road .
I was going to just add this link, (at the bottom), to my other post ,but figured people tend not to go back to posts they have already read, and the thread wanders off into oblivion like the blowing leaves in fall.
My final words are to those folks that posted comments on "Lasting Benefits".
View this well done documentary and get back to me with a comment or two about
what you thought about this man Gerson, who during Germany's rise and fall claimed to have discovered the cure for cancer. To this day his relatives have carried on his diet cures, suppressed by the FDA in this country, and operating just south of San Diego in Mexico.
Hope you find it interesting !
http://www.hulu.com/watch/180363/the-gerson-miracle
